Curriculum

Our curriculum at Kew Green Prep is designed to engage our pupils’ curiosity and creativity. It is academically ambitious and prepares our children for 11 plus entry to their chosen senior school.

Our broad curriculum incorporates Forest School (Nursery and Reception), Art, Music, Drama, Design and Technology, PSHEE, Computing alongside core subjects, modern languages and the humanities. We weave philosophy and oracy into areas of the curriculum, encouraging the children to tackle big questions and become confident speakers. In the Upper School, children are taught weekly reasoning sessions to increase their problem-solving capabilities.

Our Co-Curricular offering is designed to complement our academic curriculum by providing our pupils with a wide range of activities for their enjoyment and further learning.

Themed Weeks

Children learn in many different ways and following the same timetable continuously can be restrictive.

For one week each term, our regular timetable is replaced with a creative themed focus, which is adopted and explored by each year group and each department in the school. Visiting speakers, external workshops, dress-up days and whole school performances characterise these weeks.

Recent themed days and weeks have included: British Values Week, Languages Day and Environmental / Social Responsibility Week.

Residential Visits

The benefits provided by residential visits cannot be underestimated. As a school with an urban location, our residential trips to rural settings not only offer a vital change of environment but form shared experiences between teachers and peers that cannot be replicated in the classroom.

Our residential trips programme commences in Years 3 with a 4 night stay at Hilltop outward-bounds in the Norfolk Countryside. Years 4 and 6 spend a week at Moorland Hall in Devon experiencing the Devonshire countryside and a rolling programme of challenging and stimulating outdoor activities, depending on their age. Activities include surfing and body boarding, abseiling, gorge walking and kayaking to mention but a few. Year 5 spend a week camping in Dorset by the coast and enjoy the thrill of living under canvas – whatever the weather – as well as orienteering and coasteering. Year 6 venture a little further after their 11+ exams and spend a week skiing in Alpes D’Huez in France.

Children in the Upper School Choir may also take part in the biennial choir tour. Our previous two have seen the children perform in a variety of exciting venues in Barcelona and Venice.

Day trips

We ensure the children go on stimulating and exciting day trips to support the curriculum and learning going on inside the classroom. Every term, each year group will have at least one trip including museums, theatres, galleries and experiences. Workshops in school are also provided.